obesity

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  1. noun The condition of being obese; increased body weight caused by excessive accumulation of fat.

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  1. = French obésité = Spanish obesidad = Portuguese obesidade = Italian obesità, from Latin obesita(t-)s, fatness, from obesus, fat: see obese.
 

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